Species that contain: Halichoeres and melanurus [ 4 ] records

chrysotaenia, Julis (Halichoeres) Bleeker [P.] 1853:488 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 4 (no. 3); ref. 336] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Bleeker specimens: BMNH 1862.2.28.122. •Synonym of Halichoeres melanurus (Bleeker 1851) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:22 [ref. 24943], Parenti & Randall 2011:34 [ref. 31299], Parenti & Randall 2018:23 [ref. 35964]). •Valid as Platyglossus chrysotaenia (Bleeker 1853) -- (Kuiter 2010:272 [ref. 35285]). •Valid as Halichoeres chrysotaenia (Bleeker 1853) -- (Allen & Adrim 2003:49 [ref. 26830], Kuiter 2010:254 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:670 [ref. 31980], Motomura in Motomura et al. 2021:54 [ref. 38121]). Current status: Valid as Halichoeres chrysotaenia (Bleeker 1853). Labridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Maldives and Sri Lanka east to Myanmar, Thailand, Sumatra and Java (Indonesia). Habitat: marine.

floscorallis, Platyglossus Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:299, Pl. 46 (fig. 2) [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Pago Pago, American Samoa. Holotype: USNM 51744. Paratypes: CAS-SU 8669-70 (1, 1); USNM 123651 (9). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:86 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Halichoeres melanurus (Bleeker 1851) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:22 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres melanurus (Bleeker 1851). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

hoevenii, Julis (Halichoeres) Bleeker [P.] 1851:250 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 2 (no. 2); ref. 331] Banda Neira, Banda Islands, Indonesia. Bleeker specimens: AMS B.7819 [from Day] (1) Java, BMNH 1862.2.28.126 (1). •Synonym of Platyglossus melanurus (Bleeker 1851) -- (Kuiter 2010:272 [ref. 35285]). •Synonym of Halichoeres melanurus (Bleeker 1851) -- (Randall et al. 1990:319 [ref. 15987], Parenti & Randall 2000:22 [ref. 24943], Westneat 2001:3436 [ref. 26277] as hoeveni, Randall 2005:413 [ref. 28239], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:342 [ref. 28867]). Current status: Synonym of Halichoeres melanurus (Bleeker 1851). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

melanurus, Julis (Halichoeres) Bleeker [P.] 1851:251 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 2 (no. 2); ref. 331] Banda Neira, Banda Islands, Indonesia. •Valid as Platyglossus melanurus (Bleeker 1851) -- (Kuiter 2010:272 [ref. 35285]). •Valid as Halichoeres melanurus (Bleeker 1851) -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:209 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:319 [ref. 15987], Allen 1997:190 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:288 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:319 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:198 [ref. 23965], Johnson 1999:744 [ref. 25471], Parenti & Randall 2000:22 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:628 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:996 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:359 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:113 [ref. 25868], Matsuura & Peristiwady in Matsuura & Peristiwady 2000:274 [ref. 27511], Hutchins 2001:268 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3436 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:996 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:49 [ref. 26830], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:150 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:22 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:124 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:413 [ref. 28239], Barber & Bellwood 2005:249 [ref. 35318], Allen et al. 2006:1392 [ref. 29095], Motomura et al. 2010:166 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:677 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:166 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:132 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:230 [ref. 36673], Hata in Motomura et al. 2021:55 [ref. 38121], Wada et al. 2021:44 [ref. 38521], Farhana-Azmi et al. 2022:8 [ref. 40448], Noushad K. et al. 2024:45 [ref. 40947]). Current status: Valid as Halichoeres melanurus (Bleeker 1851). Labridae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Malaysia and Indonesia east to Micronesia and Samoa, north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands, south to Australia and Norfolk Island. Habitat: marine.